Art by Ally Armstrong Seaver College faculty will soon consider potential changes to the General Education program. A faculty committee plans to submit a report in the next month that reviews the current GE program as a whole, while professors Chris Doran and Sarah Stone Watt will submit a proposal in one to two months for the creation of a Cultural Competency GE … [Read more...] about Potential Changes Coming to Seaver General Education Requirements
Humanities
Where are Women in Class Curricula?
Art by Elizabeth BrummerWhile academia has made great strides to include women’s voices, most syllabi are still centered on male perspectives, especially in the Pepperdine Humanities Department. For many of the current professors, the syllabi from which they learned often excluded women. English Professor Julianne Smith said in her undergraduate years at Abilene Christian … [Read more...] about Where are Women in Class Curricula?
Humanities and Education Division Staff and Faculty Pray For Victims of Borderline Shooting
Photo by Liza Blake Faculty and staff from the Humanities and Education Divisions gathered today in the division’s office in remembrance of the passing of Pepperdine freshman, Alaina Housley, and the victims of the shooting at Borderline Bar & Grill on Nov. 7. The vigil brought together a total of nine members between both divisions with the goal of comforting and … [Read more...] about Humanities and Education Division Staff and Faculty Pray For Victims of Borderline Shooting
New Digital Humanities Minor at Seaver
An information session and informal pizza dinner about the new Digital Humanities minor at Pepperdine was held Oct. 11 at the Kresge Reading Room in Payson Library. Program coordinator Jennifer Smith and other professors in the program were there to introduce the minor to students and answer questions. Digital Humanities is a field of study that integrates technology and … [Read more...] about New Digital Humanities Minor at Seaver
HUTE Symposium Series Gives Students and Professors an Open Forum for Discussion
Photo courtesy of Pepperdine “What shocked me the most was how Professor Jeff Schultz talked about how little of a place there is for poetry today and how one has to be kind of a scam artist in order to even make a profit off poetry,” Christian Treon, a junior International Business major and Literature minor, said. “There’s this idea that poetry has to fit this kind of … [Read more...] about HUTE Symposium Series Gives Students and Professors an Open Forum for Discussion